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That is why the consultation paper proposes a new statutory framework for the Scottish water sector.The new framework will introduce a licensing regime that requires all operators to meet high standards of technical competence and financial strength.
The Executive particularly welcomes the close involvement of students’ representatives in designing and implementing this new system, and the recognition in the new arrangements of the importance of theoverall quality of the student experience.
We are already talking to people about new projects, but all that we can say to them is that we do not know what the arrangements will be or even what the priorities for the new programme will be.
Earlier, we heard from ACPOS—you did not hear this because you were at the Communities Committee meeting—that the process is likely to be evolutionary and that existing systems, rather than a big new IT solution, will underpin the new procedures.
We will now discuss the St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Bill. Paper EC/S2/05/26/3, in my name, with some ideas and options, has been circulated.